Report Card

This past week Rio has successfully completed le moyenne section. She started the school year knowing less than twenty words of French and completed the year with pretty much straight A's in the French language!

Rio spent a wonderful yeat at Ecole Sainte Catherine (http://stecathe.ifrance.com/page%20principale.htm). We were so impressed by the school's teachers, curriculum, and especially the school cafeteria (la cantine). Rio, along with the French children, was taught to eat different types of cheese (including blue cheese!), meat dishes, and fish. The French school system extends its curriculum to teach children the value of good quality eating. Youngsters are expected to eat like adults - no reason for them to be on a special junk-food diet. It's something that will stay with Rio her entire life, I hope.